JJ's Wine Bar

Franklin

In a Nutshell

Guests dine on charcuterie, cheese, and seafood plates and sip wine from automated stations at a historic home with a wraparound porch

The Fine Print

Promotional value expires Mar 20, 2013. Amount paid never expires.Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per table. Dine-in only. Must use promotional value in 1 visit.Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.

JJ's Wine Bar

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$16 for Two Tapas or One Antipasto Platter (Up to $32 Value)

Guests sup from a menu of small plates and snacks such as seared beef tenderloin ($14), artisan cheese platters ($14), mini crab cakes with sweet chili and strawberry sauce ($16), and an antipasto combination of cheese and charcuterie ($24).

JJ's Wine Bar

Jill and Spencer Pittman were captivated by the ingenuity of intelligent wine dispensers, eventually building a business around the idea at the corner of East Main Street and 2nd Avenue in downtown Franklin. The concept combines the relaxation of an informal wine tasting with the novelty of having a robot as a dinner guest as patrons serve themselves from the mechanized dispensers while a smart card tab keeps track of purchases. The helpful automatons even display information about selected vintages at the drink stations, allowing guests to learn about their favorite beverages and perfectly pair wines with soups, salads, or tapas plates of cheese, charcuterie, and seared seafood.

In an ironic twist, the wine bar hosts parties in the one-time home of a Prohibition-era bootlegger. The National Register of Historic Places house charms visitors with tucked-away wine rooms decked out with leather furniture and a bar adorned with paintings from local artists. As they unwind with glasses of rotating featured wines such as Cakebread Chardonnay and Opus One red blend and succulent morsels of chocolate desserts or cheese, patrons watch the street scenes and take in the open air from the lavish wraparound porch or sway to the strains of jazz amid the dark woods and overstuffed sofas of the wine rooms.